Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
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Trailer for Looper
The first trailer for the sci-fi action film Looper has arrived. Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Brick) it stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt with the story centered on a man who works as a killer for a futuristic mob and recognizes one of his targets as his future self. Looper is slated to release on September 28. In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the m...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of April 10
The bleakest weak of DVD/Blu-ray releases in recent memory arrives with only two films of note with neither of which have been particularly well received. Meryl Streep did however win an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in The Iron Lady. •The Iron Lady (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's m...
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Trailer for Savages
The first trailer for Oliver Stone's Savages has arrived. The film is based on the novel of the same name and stars Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, and a number of big names in smaller parts. Savages is slated to release on July 6. Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry—raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. ...
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Trailer for High School
The first trailer for the stoner comedy High School has arrived. The film, which has been in the can since 2010 and was screened at Sundance to largely positive reaction, stars Adrien Brody. High School is set to release on June 1. A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail. ...
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The Mummy Being Rebooted
Universal plans to reboot The Mummy with screenwriter Jon Spaihts helming the project. The Mummy as a franchise began way back in 1932 and had four sequels - the studio then brought it back with the 1999 update that starred Brendan Fraser. Altogether the recent Mummy series - which includes the first in 1999, sequel in 2001, and third entry in 2008 - made over $1.2 billion worldwide at the box office. That doesn't even include the spin-off that came with The Scorpion King which h...
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Trailer for Ted
The first trailer for the upcoming comedy Ted has arrived. This is a red-band (restricted) trailer so keep in mind that it includes footage that contributed to the film's R rating. Ted, which is written and directed by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis with the story about a childhood wish that comes true when a teddy bear comes to life - but he's foul mouthed and combative. Ted is slated to release on July 13. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane bring...
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Trailer for Total Recall
The first trailer for the remake of Total Recall has arrived. Directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell the film is based on the Philip K. Dick story "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale". I got to see some very early footage of the film as well as some conceptualized scenes play out while at Comic-Con and came away impressed but understandably many will approach the film with some level of skepticism. Total Recall is slated to release on August 3. Total Recall is an action thrill...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of April 3
The big DVD/Blu-ray releases for this week are the Best Picture nominated War Horse, and Cameron Crowe's latest We Bought a Zoo. •War Horse (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the hor...
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